Out in the Open

Browerton University, Book 1

By: A.J. Truman

Narrated by: Alexander Cendese

Libraries are meant for studying - not sex.

College sophomore Ethan Follett never says what's on his mind and never wants to rock the boat. After a high school social life spent anonymous and alone, things are finally falling into place for him. He's found a group of friends just as studious as he and is on track for a promising legal career. Out in the open, things couldn't be better, but secretly Ethan yearns for some real excitement in his life.

He finds it in cocky frat boy Greg Sanderson, who challenges every rigid, preconceived notion Ethan lives by. Soon, their sparring relationship turns sexual, and these enemies-with-benefits "get their freak on" all over campus. Yet the more Ethan comes out of his shell, the more Greg retreats into his, working overtime to keep his ladies' man public persona intact. As the sex gets hotter, and they get closer to getting caught, one part of their arrangement can't stay hidden any longer: love.

Contains mature themes.

©2014 A.J. Truman (P)2019 Tantor

good listen

this is my second listen of this book. it's a little slow and confusing at the start while he figures it out. then it gets a lot better. it feels like a genuine college experiment. I like the mix of taboo public sexual experiences with discovery of this tentative thing between them.

Better than I thought it would be!

Thanks to the plus catalog I found this freebie from A.J. Truman. I've found a couple of other Truman titles and they were misses so I almost passed this by. It helps that Alexander Cendese was at the helm - he's such a funny character voice actor - so I was able to immerse myself into the world of Ethan and his tipsy topsy relationship with Greg. This was told from 1 POV in 3rd person - which in audible titles I don't usually like - but it didn't matter because of the performance. There were some sizzling scenes but the emotional scenes were heart felt. Definitely loved Ethan's character developement.

4 stars - worthy of a repeat listen

Ignore women’s advice.

They caused all the tension in this story. Ethan was more their toy than anything.

Worth Reading

Studious Ethan arrives late to a class and the only seat open is next to an obnoxious frat boy, Greg. Sitting together through the semester, they are like oil and water. Until something changes.

This was an opposites attract and bisexual awakening (or FTG) troupe. I agreed with the book reviews that say the book would have been better if we could have seen Greg’s point of view; dual POV. I liked the story and will probably listen to the rest of the series.

Narration is subjective. One person could dislike a certain narrator, even if they are a fantastic actor. Having said that, I do not know why anyone would hire this narrator for anything other than cartoon voice acting, at which he would be excellent. I honestly do not understand why someone would write a book, a labour of love, and then hire someone to play the characters as if they are cartoons.

I avoided this series, as well as many other books, because of this narrator. But then, I became obsessed with South Rock High, book 3 which takes place after this book. The two MCs, Greg and Ethan, are hilarious as secondary characters in the South Rock High book. So I finally listened to this one. I guess my dislike of the narrator is less than my dislike of actually reading.

Enjoyable, Funny, and Sexy

If only it had been longer, instead of rushing to an end too early! The characters are well drawn and the narrator is really good. We get everything through Ethan’s eyes but there’s plenty of hot descriptions and it all works together. More of the same please AJ Truman, and longer novels!

Nice story

I was in the mood for this going through. The performance is better than the plots

What a suprise!

I stumbled across this book, and saw it was narrated by one of my favorites, so gave it a try!

What a great listen! Narration was obviously excellent, and the story was unexpected, loved all the characters.

Recommend it!

Delightful novel, great narrator

I enjoyed this novel so much. The characters are immediately believable and the plotting felt plausible, with lots of surprises sprinkled throughout. A.J. Truman is genuinely talented, and this book made me a real fan.

The narration by Alexander Cendese was terrific. I marvel at narrators who can come up with believable voices for both male and female characters that never take you out of the story but actually take you further into it.

This was a perfect marriage of a skillfully written novel voiced by a really talented narrator.

The differences between the leads was A+

I thought the voices were great. How different they sounded actually made me laugh. I thought the story was pretty good.

story was not what I thought

first things first I changed the speed at which the story is being read at from 1.0 to .85 after that story speed felt a lot better. the book starts off feeling like a story on a fanfiction site. but as the characters develop little by little the story hooked me in more and more. and by the time I knew it I was at the end of the book. I will say the person narrating the book although, he may not have a wide range of voices(there were moments I had no idea who was saying what). I really did appreciate the constant amount of enthusiasm through the book.5 🌟 for effort all in all not bad.